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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Indigo revisited

Once again, I find myself amazed and thankful for the friendships made via the blogging world. Your wishes for a happy birthday were appreciated. Your thoughts and prayers for my family's safety during Hurricane Sandy catch my heart and still leave me stunned at the power of friendship via cyberspace. You'd think I would have learned by now, wouldn't you?

There is a lot that could be dwelt on concerning the hurricane, however, I choose to move on with life as normal as possible and to be very thankful that this time my family was spared. Having little ones in the house really leaves one with no other choice.

With schools closed for the week...and, let's be honest, with a disgruntled heart at the week not going as planned...remember, Pam was to have been here until Thursday...my studio was the last place I could be or wanted to be. That's not to say that there is no work to be done. Just the opposite in fact.

A comment Ersi left on the Roy G Biv - Indigo post has stuck with me, so yesterday morning the indigo mono prints were unearthed and strewn across the work table,

with me oohing and aahing all the while

and wondering just why I had put them away last year.

Acutally, I remember why.

The intersection of what next?

and how do I do that? had been reached.

I'd had a vision

of a long forgotten treasure box being found and opened

Inside were remnants of a life -

pages torn from a well loved book,

bits of a painting,

stories written in another language,

maps and blueprints,

codes to be broken...

Ersi, I owe you a huge Thank You! for getting me back in the studio. Photographing the indigos was just the little push that was needed to get the momentum going again. School is back in session tomorrow. Can you guess where I'll be once the little urchins board the bus?

30 comments:

Before I fall into some come and go, come and go, visit, stare, be bereft of words cycle again, I'll try to say how stunning these are. Each one took my breath away - gently - softly breathing out and going "oh". They are truly wonderful and I am thrilled you have rediscovered them - and excited to see what's next. Thank you to Ersi as well!

jennifer, the time is right for you to really see these pieces. i wish you a very good day tomorrow (and today!) and a good celebration of a birthday, even during a crisis. i know how you feel actually, and wish you productive studio time.

I think you're correct Velma - the time is right for me to see these pieces again. Makes a nice change from the rust for a bit...maybe even work on the two simultaneously...keep me from over-thinking either one.

Thank you for the birthday and studio wishes! I'm glad you fared well in the hurricane and was happy to read your updates re: Jude. Enjoy!

J - stunning is the word. Pulling pieces out and soaking in them is such as way to remind us of the beauty we have created. And to photograph them and share them helps us to see the beauty through the eyes of others. Glad you got into the studio and dragged these old bits and pieces out. Glad you also were not in harms way with Sandy. Go well. B

Stunning - what a word to have used to describe one's work. Thank you for that Barry. It truly means a lot.

I am still thanking the powers-that-be that our whole street was spared from the devastation left by Sandy. No trees fell this time. Very few limbs even - only 1 down in our yard. Seeing the coastal damage though...I'm rethinking my desire to live on the shore.

How could these have been hiding in a draw forgotten? Temporarily, thank goodness. They are just lovely Jennifer and like Fiona, I keep going back and looking intensely at each piece wondering if they are finished - or wondering what you are going to do to make them sing louder. Is that possible even?

Susan, there are several projects that are silently and patiently waiting to be taken out and worked on that are part of my journey back into art after adopting the girls and totally changing the direction of my work. We're talking a good 2 year period...maybe even closer to 3.

With each...the rusty fabrics as well...I reached a point at which I had no idea what came next. The process...the actual physical making of...the energy involved...the waking of my brain to thinking in a whole new way...those were what it was about. Slowly learning to just do it, to focus, to keep it simple, to have no fear.

Thank you for the birthday wishes. I'm thinking we'll celebrate with a cake at Thanksgiving when we visit my brother...who's birthday is actually only 4 days before mine. We haven't celebrated together in years and the kids would all love it.

I just love the layering/textures of your indigo pieces - and the gentle introduction of red. I'm sure the 'quiet time' they've had will bring positive new energy. Have fun getting to know them again.Wishing you a year full of inspiration (and lots of studio time!)...

Lisa, unpacking the indigos the other day was somewhat like opening a gift...one that brings oohs and aahs and squeals of delight. Good thing I was alone in the studio. Anyone else would have thought I'd lost it for sure!

I keep visiting your indigo cubes. How marvelous they are! Wishing you a year full of inspiration and studio time as well. Enjoy!

Jennifer, I just read this post and I feel so ashamed of myself. I'm very, very sorry but I hadn't realized you were in Sandy's way. My heart sank for a moment when I found out. I'm so Happy you are ok!

I'm also happy and very proud to have been the one to prompt you to re-take your indigos. They are gorgeous, so delicate and sensitive! It feels as if you let us in to some cherished secrets. Thanks for sharing these photographs but you know what? I want more!

Thank you Ersi! Hurricane Sandy was so large that it seems half the US was in her path. Hopefully, we're done with storms of that size for...well...the rest of my life would be good. My family was very fortunate. We never lost power, not even the following week when we got 10" of snow.

I owe you a huge Thank You! for spurring me to unearth the indigos and start to think about them again. There's a project or two that needs finishing first, but the indigos are waiting closeby for their turn. And the ideas are flowing, which is always good.

your indigos are beautiful - just the roy g. biv alone was enough to ease me into the computer world as any images of the storm leave me trembling... so, i guess with ersi showing violet, i have missed this event... maybe if you run it again i can play along... i am a bit of a spectrum order person - my fiesta ware sits stacked that way... my girl, my eldest, learned to put her crayons and paints away like that - to me it made sense - you could appreciate the transition into each new color, they belonged to each other, were a continuum... so i rambled - my apologies... take care - and thank you so much for your concern and kindness, it was appreciated

Mary Jane, please feel free to join in the fun of searching for Roy G Biv! Today is actually the day to post violet [it's been the 3rd Thursday of each month]. If you search on Roy G Biv in my index, you can see what I posted the previous months as well links to others who joined us.

I can't imagine how life has been for you and your family these past few weeks. I had to stop reading of the aftermath as well as looking at photos because they left me bereft and unable to think straight. Since you've children, you can understand that not being to think clearly is not an option.

Your thoughtful comment brought a smile. Thank you Judy. The indigos are waiting patiently and have been brought out several times in anticipation of the day when they can be worked on again. There's a project to finish first, but soon...